Planning Print Projects
June 29, 2010 at 9:25 am | Posted in Desktop Publishing, On the web, printing, Printing specs, Tutorials | Leave a commentTags: budget planning, planning projects, prepress, printing costs
Every printed project is a combination of budget, time and quality. Working through each one of these items ensures that your printed result meets the best quality/time/money ratio.
When you start planning you have to first determine the job requirements. Remember that EVERYTHING costs something and no one likes to be surprised by the final cost of a project.
Budget is by far the strongest influence on design and production. As much as everyone would like four-color logos, brochures, and catalogs, it is just too expensive for most projects. Therefore, you must keep the project parameters within the limits of what you are able to spend. Continue Reading Planning Print Projects…
File Naming Conventions
June 28, 2010 at 4:17 pm | Posted in Desktop Publishing, On the web, Tutorials | 2 CommentsTags: file extensions, File Naming, Naming Conventions, naming projects
As you already read in my previous post, I’m preaching about working organized. I do believe that working like this saves you a lot of time and in the world we are living in I don’t think there is time to waste.
File Naming is another thing that can help you save time. If your files are called ‘brochure_good_final’ then you have to read this post.
Take the time and develop a consistent system for naming your files. Doing so will allow you to identify your files more readily, and you’ll find it much easier Continue Reading File Naming Conventions…
Last-Minute Project Transport
June 28, 2010 at 10:36 am | Posted in Desktop Publishing, Fonts, Tutorials, Work | Leave a commentTags: fonts and projects, planning projects, prepare project for print, sending projects
The client says OK and the project is ready to go to the printer. After you prepared the file for print you should also keep in mind a few tips:
• Always send the entire font families. Even if you’re positive that you only used one typeface variation, supply the suitcase and all accompanying printer fonts. Some fonts may ship with multiple suitcases. If so, provide all of them.
• Don’t forget any fonts that may reside in imported vector-based graphics, like Illustrator EPS files. They may not register as being used in your page layout program, but they are required to print. For the best results, convert any type used in FreeHand or Illustrator to outlines before saving and importing the graphic. This way, the font is not required. Continue Reading Last-Minute Project Transport…
Keep Your Fonts Organized
June 25, 2010 at 6:44 pm | Posted in Desktop Publishing, Fonts | Leave a commentTags: bistream, organize fonts, project fonts
I must ask, how many of you keep your fonts organized? How many of you install the fonts directly on the operating system? Especially when you are in a hurry. I know how it is but if you want to save time then you have to make a change.
When you work as a graphic designer, fonts are a great resource for your projects so after a while you might find your operating system full with hundreds of fonts. This is the easy way, install them directly in the Fonts folder of your system, but how great and fun is this when the system crashes and ups…you have to reinstall all. Continue Reading Keep Your Fonts Organized…
Check files for print in Indesign
April 27, 2010 at 4:15 pm | Posted in Desktop Publishing, Print, printing, Printing specs, Tutorials | Leave a commentTags: indesign set up for print, indesign tutorial, set file for print
Working in Indesign can be a pleasure or a huge pain if you are not very organized, especially when you have documents with many pages. I like to work clean and to check items before I place them but at the end I recheck things, just to be sure.
First, you should have a look at you page panel, the pages with a little square near let’s you know what pages contain transparency.
Copyright
April 6, 2010 at 3:10 pm | Posted in Desktop Publishing, On the web | 3 CommentsTags: Copyright, intellectual property, moral right, trademark
Copyright is the set of exclusive rights granted to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work. These rights can be licensed, transferred and/or assigned. Copyright lasts for a certain time period after which the work is said to enter the public domain. Some jurisdictions also recognize “moral rights” of the creator of a work, such as the right to be credited for the work. Copyright is described under the umbrella term intellectual property along with patents and trademarks. Continue Reading Copyright…
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